WASHINGTON, D.C.

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WASHINGTON: CITY AND CAPITAL/Federal Writers
Project, Works Progress Administration. Washington, D.C.: U.S.
Government Printing Office, 1937.xxvi, [1141] p.: ill., maps, b&w
photos; 24 cm.(American Guide Series).
[Statues, Monuments, and Memorials: p. 1078-1086.Chronology:
p. 1087-1093.Bibliography: p. 1094-1100.Index:
p. 1103-[1141].
Maps: Front and back endpapers: [Handkerchief
Map of Washington]; Plan of the City of Washington in the
Territory of Columbia...Two folded colored maps in back
pocket: #1) Map of the District of Columbia: #2) front: Mid
City Map of Washington, D.C. back: Map of the District of Columbia.Text
maps of: Capitol Hill and Vicinity, Pennsylvania Avenue Tour,
Constitution Avenue Tour, Sixteenth Street Tour, Massachusetts Avenue
Tour, Connecticut Avenue Tour, Georgetown, Alexandria, Tour to Mount
Vernon and Pohick Church, Tour to Fairfax Courthouse, Great Falls
Tour, Bladensburg Tour, District of Columbia, District of Columbia,
showing main thoroughfares and points of interest, Midcity Map of
Washington.Text plans of: LEnfant Plan, 1791;
McMillan Plan, 1701; Plan of Central Area, 1936; Diagram of East
Elevation of Capitol, Plan of Principal Floor of Capitol, Plan of
Ground Floor of Capitol, Library of Congress, First Floor Plan;
Library of Congress, Second Floor Plan; Corcoran Gallery, First Floor
Plan; Corcoran Gallery, Second Floor Plan; Smithsonian Institution and
National Museum: Arts and Industries Building, Floor Plan; Natural
History Building, First Floor Plan; Natural History Building, Second
Floor Plan; Plan of the Cathedral of St. Peter and Paul.
Photos: 100 b&w photographs, most taken especially
for this book by W. Lincoln Highton of the Works Progress
Administration.
Front and back endpapers: [Handkerchief Map
of Washington]: Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory
of Columbia...Binding: Black with gold lettering on spine.
Dustjacket: Printed in black and white, with nine
photographs of Washington, D.C. public buildings on front, spine, and
back].

WEST VIRGINIA

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WEST VIRGINIA: A GUIDE TO THE MOUNTAIN STATE/Compiled by
workers of the Writers Program of the Work Projects
Administration in the State of West Virginia.New York: Oxford
University Press, 1941.xxxi, 559 p.: ill., maps, b&w photos;
21 cm.(American Guide Series).
[Chronology: p. 523-530.West Virginia Counties
with Dates of Creation: p. 530-531.Bibliography: p.
533-541.1940 Census Figures: p. 542-544.Index:
p. 545-559.Sponsored by the Conservation Commission of West
Virginia.T-p.First published in 1941.Verso of t-p.
Maps: Front endpapers: map, Key to West Virginia
Tours.Folded map in back pocket: Front: West Virginia,
Key to Recreational Areas in West Virginia; back: Cacapon
State Park, Hawks Nest State Park, Lost River State Park, Seneca
State Forest, Watoga State Park, Babcock State Park.Text
maps of: Transportation Map, Charleston, Charles Town, Harpers
Ferry, Huntington, Parkersburg, Shepherdstown, Wheeling.
Photos: 103 b&w photographs by U.S. Forest Service,
Highton, Post, Shahn, and Historic American Buildings Survey, etc.
Chapter tail-pieces: West Virginia Art Project.
Endpapers: Front: map, Key to West Virginia Tours.
Binding: Bright light green cloth with dark green
lettering; illustrated with small images of: mountains, coal miner,
factory, and pine trees.
Dustjacket: Front and spine printed in various shades of
green; illustration photograph from text between pages 62-63 entitled:
Cacapdon State Park, by Janet M. Taylor. Back: Other Oxford
publications in the American Guide Series].

252
Gilmer: the birth of a county/Compiled and Written by
Workers of the Writers Program, Work Projects Administration in
West Virginia; sponsored by State Department of Education;
co-sponsored by Gilmer County Board of Education.Charleston:
West Virginia Writers Project, 1940.14 typescript leaves;
28 cm.(Folk Studies; #7).
[West Virginia Writers Project Activity: Works
completed; County histories in preparation; Other works in preparationOutside
back cover].

253
Mountain State tintypes/Compiled and Written by Workers
of the Writers Project, Work Projects Administration in West
Virginia; sponsored by State Department of Education.Charleston:
West Virginia Writers Project, 1940.16 typescript leaves;
28 cm.(Folk Studies; #5).
[Cover by West Virginia Art Project, Morgantownt-p].

254
The Smoke Hole and its people/Compiled and Written by
Workers of the Writers Project of the Work Projects
Administration in West Virginia; sponsored by the State Department of
Education; co-sponsored by West Virginia Publicity Commission;
drawings by Arts, Crafts and Visual Aids Projects; text by Paul H.
Becker.Rev. ed.Huntington: West Virginia Writers
Project, [n.d.][33] p.: ill., maps; 20.5 cm.(Folk Studies;
#3).

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Wisconsin edible mushrooms for the mushroom hunter and lover:
all the year ?round mushrooms: popular guide to the common edible
fungi of the city, meadow, and woodland, with suggestions for their
table preparation/Sponsored by the Madison Mushroom Club; Federal
Writers Projects, Works Progress Administration.Madison:
Federal Writers Projects, 1937.iii, 13 typescript leaves;
27.5 cm.
[This book was bound by the Milwaukee Handicraft Project;
sponsored by Milwaukee State Teachers College, Works Progress
Administration of WisconsinLabel on inside front cover.
Mushroom cloth silk screen on green, brown, rust, and yellow covers].